Innovate securely and confidently with AWS Training and Certification Start training your entire staff in cloud security today

Across nearly every industry, organizations are discovering a greater need to empower every employee with cloud security skills. Data is being used in more places, for more purposes, and by more partners in the digital ecosystem. These factors, along with an increase in remote work, are requiring businesses to view cloud security as an organizational imperative—one that is the responsibility of everyone in the business, not just those with “security” in their job titles.

For developers, analysts, and DevOps, security is no longer a peripheral issue—it’s part of their core responsibility and a critical consideration for everything they do. For security professionals, expanding skills and keeping them current is of vital importance. There’s a shortage of skilled professionals, so gaining skills builds career progression opportunities and ensures that skilled professionals are keeping the network, data, and applications secure. And for executives and non-technical staff, cloud security training enables

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Why cloud security skills are imperative for your entire staff

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

greater productivity and collaboration, allowing everyone in the organization to communicate with a shared language and work together to complete cloud projects faster and more effectively.

AWS recognizes the growing need for organization-wide security skills. We are dedicated to keeping security our top priority—and helping your organization prioritize security, as well. The AWS Cloud has a shared responsibility model, meaning that customers are responsible for security in the cloud, while AWS is responsible for security of the cloud. This means that you retain control of the security you choose to implement—and you get access to hundreds of tools and features to help you meet your security objectives.

The challenge is that security skills are in high demand, making it difficult to hire and retain talent to innovate securely—and to keep critical security projects sufficiently staffed. Thankfully, AWS Training and Certification offers flexible digital training that can help your teams build security skills quickly and comprehensively.

Cloud security skills are in high demand and short supply. In a 2019 survey, 91% of cybersecurity experts agreed that “a shortage of well-trained and qualified security professionals is significantly affecting the safety and security of data, both personal and commercial.” Further, 66% of organizations believed they had insufficient staff to defend their organizations against suspected threats in the coming year.1

To help close the cloud skills gap, AWS Training and Certification offers 60+ resources, including digital courses, virtual instructor-led classroom training, self-paced labs, and whitepapers. These offerings empower learners with the skills to accelerate your organization’s journey to the AWS Cloud, protect data and applications, and innovate with confidence.

Among organizations that employ AWS Certified staff, 86% have seen improved security of cloud workloads.2

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Bridging the cloud security skills gap

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THE SKILLS GAP

1Informa Tech survey of cybersecurity professionals, May 2019.2“Understanding the Value of AWS Certifications to Organizations,” ESG Research Insights paper Commissioned by AWS, 2020.

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AWS Training and Certification helps your teams build skills that enable secure innovation—providing enough flexibility to accommodate learners of every type and in every role. We offer a wide variety of options and training modalities, including on-site private training, virtual and public classroom training, hands-on labs, digital training, certification programs, events, and communities of practice. Courses are available for a range of experience levels, from foundational to advanced.

These training options benefit your organization and your security in three key ways:

 

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Security benefits of AWS Training and Certification

BENEFITS

Build skills to maximize data protection and privacy as you migrate to the cloud. Security training accelerates cloud adoption, leads to greater achievement of business and internal objectives, and helps your organization overcome any initial concerns about the cloud.

Facilitates your organization’s journey to the cloud

Digital courses and instructor-led classroom training enable your staff to understand essential security concepts and dive deep with hands-on exercises that build real-world security skills.

Builds skills to make data and applications more secure

AWS enables true organization-wide security training, allowing everyone—including non-technical staff—to develop fundamental cloud security knowledge. Your staff will begin pursuing bolder innovations in the cloud, confident that they can safeguard data and applications as they collaborate with other teams using a shared language.

Enables your staff to innovate with confidence

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VNR, a Germany-based specialty publishing house, provides its customers with expert information, services, online communities, portals, and access to training and conferences. As the company grew, it discovered that successful collaboration in the cloud hinged on empowering its team members in DevOps, data, digital products, and fulfillment services with essential security skills and a shared vocabulary.

VNR worked with AWS to implement a customized, comprehensive security-skills enablement program, enrolling its staff in role-specific courses. Next, VNR team members drilled deeper into security concepts and developed proof-of-concept projects during a three-day AWS Classroom Training course.

With more freedom to securely innovate, VNR staff began to pursue bold ideas in the cloud with greater confidence. Five new projects have been deployed and are earning revenue. Today, VNR is helping its team members earn AWS Certifications to validate their security skills.

VNR empowers its entire team with vital security skills

Cloud security training drives real-world success

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SUCCESS STORY

“The AWS Training is the best corporate training we’ve ever received…it allowed our team to have contact with the technology and context

on why it was important to the business…and it

energized the staff.”

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Marc Müller Head of data at VNR

AWS Training and Certification makes it easy to start training your staff in cloud security quickly and effectively. We can perform a Learning Needs Analysis for your organization, working with you to assess your needs and develop a security training plan for your team.

Alternatively, you can create your own customized learning roadmap by leveraging the 60+ resources listed in the AWS Security Ramp-Up Guide. Click on the links below to preview just a few of the training options currently available.

Get Started

• Getting Started with AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance – Digital course• AWS Security Fundamentals (Second Edition) – Digital course• AWS Foundations: Securing Your AWS Cloud – Digital course

Dive deeper

• Security Engineering on AWS – Classroom training• Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Security – Specialty

• Digital course• Classroom training

• AWS Security Workshops – Hands-on labs

Start driving secure innovation today

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GET STARTED

Building your organization’s security skills with AWS Training and Certification will give your teams confidence as they pursue transformative innovations and move more of their daily workloads. With a wide range of training options for every learning style and experience level, AWS provides everything you need to create and implement a comprehensive training program, bridge your skills gap, and help keep your data and applications safe along the way.

Achieve more in the cloud, securely and confidently

Contact us to get started »

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CLOSING

Empower everyone in your organization with essential cloud security skills to drive collaboration, innovation, and confidence. Start your security training journey with AWS today.